Earth and Space Science 2.3: Investigate geological processes in a New Zealand Locality

1 Investigate (achieved) requires the student to:

identify the types of rock(s) found in the locality
describe the plate tectonic and rock cycle processes that have formed the types of rocks in the locality
describe the erosional processes that have shaped the current landforms in the locality.

Investigate in depth (achieved with merit)is further developed by:

explaining the plate tectonic and rock cycle processes that have formed the types of rocks in the locality
explaining the erosional processes that have shaped the current landforms in the locality.

Investigate comprehensively (achieved with excellence) is further developed by:

discussing the link between the plate tectonic processes and the rock cycle processes that have formed the types of rocks in the locality
discussing the link between the erosional processes with the shape of the current landforms in the locality.

2 A New Zealand locality is considered to be anywhere within the Zealandia continent.

3 Geological processes will include:

Resources:
Other PK wikis:
The Rock Cycle
Geological time
Plate Tectonics
Geological History of New Zealand
Level 3 Geological Processes info - has info about NZ present tectonic situation, types of volcano with examples, earthquakes
Excellence exemplar - based on the Whangarei area.

For all of these, the bibliographic reference is
Keestra, P.R (2010) then the URL

Outside resources:
Geology of Auckland Area scan from a book in our Library
Geology of the Hauraki Gulf Islands - resource from Auckland Council
The Geology of Auckland - PDF from GNS; aimed at at a fairly geologically literate readership i.e. geologists, geotechnical engineers and other scientists
Geocene - newsletter of the Auckland Geology Club; diagram on page 5 could be useful
http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtual_tube/virtube.html
NZ Plate boundary explanation
Animation of plate tectonics in NZ for the last 60 million years

Beneath New Zealand - documentary from NZ On Air
Recent research on Rangitoto, showing that it appears to be older and to have erupted over a considerably longer period than hitherto thought.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-po9ju2mTZHamNUd2Nxb3A2VGc/edit?usp=sharing